System information

WEP Security submenu
WEP (Wireless Encryption Protocol) has been shown to have serious defects. But using it is definitely
better than not. Combined with other authentication mechanisms, WEP helps keep your data private.
But if you need real data security, you'll be better off building encrypted tunnels. The VDS menu under
interfaces can do this. But if you need many tunnels, consider building them through your radios rather
than between them.
Meanwhile, select the best WEP encryption you can. You'll have to use 104 bit encryption with
Microsoft radio clients. Otherwise, choose 128. The 40 bit is only for legacy equipment and is nearly
worthless today. Even 128 can be broken once enough traffic has passed.
The pass phrase can be used to generate the same keys in all systems.
fig 6: WEP setup box
Access Control List Editor
The access control list editor allows you to permit or deny access based on the MAC address reported
by the client. By default, the ACL is disabled. But you can easily change this to one of allow or deny.
If set to allow, it sets up a policy of allow and listed MAC addresses are blacklisted. If set to policy
deny, then all connections except those explicitly permitted are denied (see fig 7).